The final public service for the Queen before she is laid to rest has taken place at St George's Chapel in Windsor - and several poignant moments that have signalled the end of her incredible 70-year reign have left viewers in tears.
This afternoon, a congregation of 800 people including the King, the royal family, realm prime ministers, governors-generals and mourners from the Queen’s household past and present, including personal staff from across her private estates, gathered in the gothic church following the service in Westminster Abbey.
At the close of the service, the Imperial State Crown, the orb and the sceptre were lifted from the Queen’s coffin by the Crown Jeweller, separating the Queen from her crown for the final time.
With the help of the Bargemaster and Serjeants-at-Arms, the priceless Crown Jewels were passed to the Dean who will place them on the High Altar.
Shortly after, former MI5 spy chief Baron Parker – the Lord Chamberlain and the most senior official in the late Queen’s royal household – broke his "Wand of Office" and placed it on the coffin.
The ceremonial breaking of the white staff signified the end of his service to the Queen as sovereign.
The emotional moments came just before the Queen's coffin was lowered into the royal vault as the Dean of Windsor said a psalm and the Garter King of Arms pronounced the many styles and titles of the Queen.
The Sovereign’s Piper also played a lament from the doorway between the chapel and the Dean’s Cloister and walked slowly away so the music gradually faded. The Archbishop of Canterbury pronounced the blessing, and God Save The King was sung.
Today's historic state funeral for the Queen started just after 10.30am this morning when her coffin was carried on a State Gun Carriage from New Palace Yard to Westminster Abbey.
Joining the King and members of the Royal Family in the Abbey were more than 2,000 guests made up of world leaders, royalty and ordinary members of the public.
After the service, the coffin was taken in another procession to Wellington Arch before it was transferred into the state hearse for the trip to Windsor.
People lined the streets to see the coffin pass on its final journey before the service at St George's Chapel took place in front of around 800 guests, many of them current and former staff of the Royal Household.
Later this evening, a private burial service will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor, attended by the King and members of the royal family.
The Queen is to be buried together with the Duke of Edinburgh at the King George VI Memorial Chapel with her mother and father, George VI.
You can now buy Friday's historic Daily Mirror commemorating the death of the Queen here: mirror.co.uk/commemorative.
